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In another table some other instances of extraordinary rain-falls 
are given which occurred in the Lake District at Coniston and 
Ambleside, varying from 12 to 24'39 inches in a month. 
A third table is appended, showing the quantity of rain monthly 
that has fallen at Seathwaite in Borrowdale during fourteen years ; 
from which it appears that the maximum fall monthly has been 
32 83 inches, and yearly 160-55 inches. 
In connection with the rain-fall, other meteorological observations 
are offered, illustrative of the peculiarities of the last year and of 
the present season ; of which, as regards the last, the most remark- 
able are, a prevalency of westerly winds, exceeding mildness, and a 
precocious spring ; vegetation in the first week in March being at 
least a month in advance. 
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Eroffnungorede der 43 sten Versammlung, Schweizerischen Natur- 
forscher in Bern durch den Presidenten. Prof. Dr B. Studer. 
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Dal Novembre 1858 all’ Ottobre 1859. Tomo IV. Dis- 
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Physikalischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin. XII. Jahrgang. 1 
Abth. 8vo. — From the Society. 
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1858. Nos. 10-20. 8vo. — From the Academy. 
The Mosiac Account of the Creation. By James C. Fisher, M.D. 
8vo. — From the Author. 
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Dana. 8vo. — From the Author. 
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8 vo. — From Prof. Dana. 
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